Word Meanings - GUARDHOUSE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up.
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- GUARDIAN
One who has, or is entitled to, the custody of the person or property of an infant, a minor without living parents, or a person incapable of managing his own affairs. Of the several species of guardians, the first are guardians by nature. -- viz., - GUARDANT
See GARDANT (more info) 1. Acting as guardian. Shak. - GUARDIANSHIP
The office, duty, or care, of a guardian; protection; care; watch. - GUARDIANESS
A female guardian. I have placed a trusty, watchful guardianess. Beau. & Fl. - GUARDIANLESS
Without a guardian. Marston. - CONFINABLE
Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited. Not confinable to any limits. Bp. Hall. - GUARDER
One who guards. - GUARDS
A body of picked troops; as, "The Household Guards." - WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town. - MISCONDUCT
To behave amiss. - GUARDHOUSE
A building which is occupied by the guard, and in which soldiers are confined for misconduct; hence, a lock-up. - CONFINELESS
Without limitation or end; boundless. Shak. - WHICH
the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who. - GUARDED
Cautious; wary; circumspect; as, he was guarded in his expressions; framed or uttered with caution; as, his expressions were guarded. -- Guard"edly, adv. -- Guard"ed*ness, n. - CONFINEMENT
1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion. The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up. Addison. 2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by - CONFINITY
Community of limits; contiguity. Bailey. - GUARDFISH
The garfish. - HENCE
ending; cf. -wards), also hen, henne, hennen, heonnen, heonene, AS. heonan, heonon, heona, hine; akin to OHG. hinnan, G. hinnen, OHG. 1. From this place; away. "Or that we hence wend." Chaucer. Arise, let us go hence. John xiv. 31. I will send - GUARDENAGE
Guardianship. " His tuition and guardenage." Holland. - OCCUPIER
1. One who occupies, or has possession. 2. One who follows an employment; hence, a tradesman. "Merchants and occupiers." Holland. The occupiers of thy merchandise. Ezek. xxvii. 27. - CONFINER
One who, or that which, limits or restrains. - HEREHENCE
From hence. - WHENCEFORTH
From, or forth from, what or which place; whence. Spenser. - COUNTERGUARD
A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire. - THENCEFROM
From that place. - SHIPBUILDER
A person whose occupation is to construct ships and other vessels; a naval architect; a shipwright. - COGUARDIAN
A joint guardian. - VANGUARD
The troops who march in front of an army; the advance guard; the van. (more info) avant before, fore + garde guard. See Avant, Ab-,Ante-, and Guard, - OUTBUILD
To exceed in building, or in durability of building. - AXLE GUARD
The part of the framing of a railway car or truck, by which an axle box is held laterally, and in which it may move vertically; -- also called a jaw in the United States, and a housing in England. - OVERBUILD
1. To build over. Milton. 2. To build too much; to build beyond the demand.